• ABOUT THE SPOT

Bodyboarding in Almeria, Andalusia, Andalusia Spain

Top spot:
Genoese
Wave size:
1.5m / 4ft average
Almeria is a province of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, between Enix, Pechina and Nijar. With mountain sierras and a 40 km/25 mi of seacoast terrain, Almeria is a great destination for extreme sport enthusiasts.

Almeria enjoys a subtropical Mediterranean climate with hot summers and warm winters. It offers one of the sunniest, warmest and driest climate in Europe with low annually rainfall. With an average of 8.5 hours of daily sunshine, temperature varies from 26 to 30°C/78.80 to 86°F during summer and 15 to 19°C/59 to 66.20°F during winter.

Water temperature from June to August is around 22 to 28°C/71.60 to 82.40°F and from January to March is around 15°C/59°F. Also there are about 3 rainy days during summer, and 20 during winter. Swell direction is west-southwest, with waves about 1 m/3 ft, not outreaching 2 m/6 ft.

Great spots are: Genoese, Zapollo’s and Cabo de Gata. Best time to visit is during summer where there is a lot of surfing and bodyboarding activity going on.